My grandmother, Beatrice Alexander, was born and raised in the south particularly in Louisiana and Mississippi. She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and grew up in a household with a Caucasian dad and an African American mother. Her dad, Louis William Perkins, was from Germany and her mother, Lucille Raymond Perkins (my Great Great grandmother), had a Native American mother and a African American father. Lucille Perkins' father Louis Bridges was a Mississippi Riverboat P
A picture of a Mississippi Riverboat.
ilot and took his family to New Orleans on a vacation on that ship. The Civil war broke out and they could not return home.
My grandfather, Harry Alexander, was also born and raised in the south. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. His grandparents named, Morris and Agnes Cohn, were born in Rotterdam, Holland and immgrated to Ellis Island on September 1, 1914 when she was 52 and he was 51. Fanny and Jack Cohn, there children also immgrated to Ellis Island with them on September 1. Fanny was 27 at the time and Jack was 20. The ship there family traveled on was called the Ryndam.
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The originial ship manifest.
The Ryndam, the boat that there family traveled on.
My grandmother, Beatrice Alexander, was born and raised in the south particularly in Louisiana and Mississippi. She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and grew up in a household with a Caucasian dad and an African American mother. Her dad, Louis William Perkins, was from Germany and her mother, Lucille Raymond Perkins (my Great Great grandmother), had a Native American mother and a African American father. Lucille Perkins' father Louis Bridges was a Mississippi Riverboat P
A picture of a Mississippi Riverboat.
ilot and took his family to New Orleans on a vacation on that ship. The Civil war broke out and they could not return home.
My grandfather, Harry Alexander, was also born and raised in the south. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. His grandparents named, Morris and Agnes Cohn, were born in Rotterdam, Holland and immgrated to Ellis Island on September 1, 1914 when she was 52 and he was 51. Fanny and Jack Cohn, there children also immgrated to Ellis Island with them on September 1. Fanny was 27 at the time and Jack was 20. The ship there family traveled on was called the Ryndam.
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